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against the Metropolitan Board of Works, by the Freeholders
of the vacant space in the centre of Leicester
Square, to try the right of the Board to take possession
under the Gardens in Towns Act. The cause has been
turned into a Special Case. If the decision should be
against the Board by reason of any defects in the Act,
it has been intimated that an application will be made
to Parliament to amend the Act, in order to preserve
the Square as an open space.
Railway and other Companies.
Three Bills having been brought into the House of
Commons during the 'present Session, one for giving
new powers to the Equitable Gas Light Company;
another, for making New Approaches through the
Parish to the Thames Embankment; and a third, for
giving objectionable powers to the Pneumatic Despatch
Company, the Vestry petitioned against such Bills, and
I was instructed to support those Petitions.
Sanitaey Measures.
The Medical Officer's Report is attached, showing
the sanitary state of the Parish, and the steps taken to
improve it during the past year.
In connection therewith the Vestry have caused
92 notices for abatement of nuisances to be served
during the past year, and 19 summonses have been
issued to compel the inhabitants to abate the nuisances
complained of. In all the other cases the notices have
been complied with.
Sueveyoes Repoet.
Under this head, all the works done under the direction
of the Vestry will appear.